Doorcheck or stop



June 4, 1929. A. c. EARHART DOOR CHECK ORA STOP Filed Jn. 6, 1928 Patented June 4, 1929?.

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y ALBERT C. EARHART, 0F CLEV'EllllJND, OHIO.

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Application iled January 6, 1928. Serial No. 244,796.

y This invention relates generally to a door check or stop and more particularly to one intended for use upon the doors of automobiles and similar structures.

At the present time when l automobile bodies and doors are made entirely of metal, the convenient positioning of the door check has been a problem and this invention is devised to'solve that problem, being especially adapted to the all metal door in Vconnection with an all metal frame of an automobile.d

Broadly the invention consists in aperturing the leaves of the door hinge connecting a'rod to one leaf of the hinge, passing said rod through the other leaves and providing said rod with a yieldable stop to limit the outward movement of the door and to cushion the checking action.

The invention consists also in certain details hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

n the drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view, partly in plan showing a part of the automobile frame, a part of the door frame, the hinge and swinging check rod; Fig. 2 is a vertical 'sectional view with the rod and cushion in elevation and Fig. 3 is an end view of the cushion.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates a portion of the all metal side of, the automobile body and 11 a portion of the all metal door. 12 is the leaf of the hinge which is connected to the-body post and 13 is the leaf connected to the door; these leaves being piv otally connected together at 14C.

Each leaf of the hinge is slotted horizontally as shown at 12a and 13il respectively and working in these slots is a Hat rod 15. One end of this rod is pivoted to a plate 16, fastened upon the inner side of theA door and formed with a loop 16a on which the end of the rod 15 is pivoted as shown at 15a.

Upon the opposite end of the rod. there is arranged a yieldable stop 17 of rubber or any suitable material and this stop contacts with a slotted plate 18, arranged upon the interior face of the body member, and in practice I prefer to interpose a piece 19 of leather, fiber or any other suitable material between the metal plate 18, and the interior of the body member.

It will be noted that the same bolts or screws which are employed to secure the leaves of the hinge also serve for securing the pivot plate 16, and the stop receiving plate 18.

In practice I prefer to recess the opposing faces of the body and -door to receive the leaves of the hinge butthis may not be necessary.

The free end of the rod 15 is notched and has washers fastened thereon, as shown,de scribed and claimed in my application lfiled August 4, 1927-, Serial No. 210,480.

By slotting the leaves of the hinge and passing the stop rod through theleaves, an exceedingly cheap, simple and convenient arrangement is provided and particularly adapted for use upon all metal bodies and doors.

Having l claim is:

In combination with the body and a hinged door member of an automobile in which the body, door member and leaves of one of the hinges thereof have aligned slots extending in the plane in which one of said leaves swings, a sheet metal bracket secured to the inner side of one .of said members having spaced earportions, a Hat rigid bar pivoted at one end between said ear portions and eX- tending through the slots in said leaves, body and door members to swing in the plane of thus described my invention, what saidbar, said bar having spaced recesses at its opposite end, a yielding vstop cushion arranged on the free end of said bar. and adjustable stop means on the free end of said bar against which said cushion abuts` said means including a member having a portion to engage in said recesses.

ln testimony whereof, I hereunto aliX my signature.

ALBERT EARHART. 

